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SAT SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 HP Lovecraft - The Shadow Over Innsmouth b015fv26 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Robert Olmstead flees Innsmouth, only to discover years SAT later a shocking secret linking him to the town. Read by SAT Richard Coyle. SAT SAT 00:30 My Life in Five Songs b00rv6zn (Listen) SAT Series 2, Pate Kane SAT Phil Cunningham talks to the writer and musician Pat Kane of SAT Hue and Cry about his life and asks him to pick five songs SAT that are milestones along the way. SAT SAT 01:00 Chester Himes - Cotton Comes to Harlem b01pcz6p (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT New York, 1965: detectives Digger and Ed have taken the SAT biggest gamble of their careers and smuggled Iris out of SAT jail hoping she'll lead them to Deke and the money. So why SAT is she going to church? SAT Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson are the most SAT notorious Detectives in the Harlem precinct. Their methods SAT are unorthodox, and some people think they're trigger happy, SAT but ask any law-abiding citizen of Harlem and they'll sing SAT their praises. When the Reverend Deke O'Malleys Back to SAT Africa movement collected $87,000 from poor black families - SAT only to have it stolen from under their noses - Jones and SAT Johnson are determined to get it back. SAT Hugh Quarshie reads Chester Himes' thriller. SAT Abridged and produced by Chris Wallis. SAT Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Autolycus Productions. SAT SAT 01:30 Beardyman and the Mimics b00d61q9 (Listen) SAT Champion beatboxer Beardyman, aka Darren Foreman, is a SAT master of vocal artistry. He can make all manner of noises, SAT including entire percussive music tracks, using only his SAT mouth, throat and tongue. SAT Inspired by the lyrebird, he ventures on a personal journey SAT to unveil the secrets of animal vocal mimicry. He encounters SAT ornithologist and musician Bill Oddie, birdsong scientific SAT experts and a whole new world of sounds. SAT SAT 02:00 Book at Bedtime b00tzp7h (Listen) SAT Rosamund Lupton - Sister, Episode 10 SAT Beatrice now knows who killed her sister, and why, but has SAT the knowledge come too late? The murderer has her at his SAT mercy and it's clear he's planning to kill again. There's a SAT final shocking twist to this dark and gripping psychological SAT thriller about the bond between two sisters. SAT Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths and read by hattie SAT Morahan. SAT Produced by Sara Davies and Christine Hall. SAT SAT 02:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country SAT b00skxgk (Listen) SAT Villadom in the Cotswolds SAT How the idea of escaping to the countryside, seen as a SAT modern symbol of city dweller angst, is as old as the SAT Romans. SAT SAT 02:30 Julia Darling - Appointments b0076qmw (Listen) SAT Carla's Facial SAT Maureen does not let her tumour diagnosis stop her from SAT going for a facial appointment with her daughter. Stars Val SAT McClane. SAT SAT 02:45 Book of the Week b00tkyx7 (Listen) SAT Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl, Episode 5 SAT "Roald Dahl thought biographies were boring. He told me so SAT while munching on a lobster claw." SAT The new biographer of Dahl is Donald Sturrock, who once made SAT a film about the writer, so knew the man and his family very SAT well. His book charts Dahl's rich and varied life as fighter SAT pilot, intelligence operative, and the adult writer who then SAT wrote for children in such an impactful way that he remains SAT hugely popular with today's young readers. He was truly on SAT their wavelength. He spoke to them through books such as SAT Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, The BFG and Danny, SAT Champion of The World. SAT Sturrock investigates Dahl's eternal popularity as a writer. SAT And of course the man behind the books... SAT 5. Even close to death Dahl was in mischievous mood, and his SAT appeal to children will never fade. SAT Reader Julian Rhind Tutt and the voice of Dahl is Ian SAT McDiarmid. SAT Producer Duncan Minshull. SAT SAT 03:00 Classic Serial b01hdyq0 (Listen) SAT F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby, Episode 2 SAT by F Scott Fitzgerald. SAT Dramatised by Robert Forrest. SAT F Scott Fitzgerald's seminal novel, a portrait of the Jazz SAT Age in all of its decadence and excess, is perhaps the SAT greatest book on the fallibility of the American dream. SAT Nick has fallen in with the wealthy crowd on Long Island. SAT His neighbour, Gatsby, asks Nick to engineer a meeting with SAT his lost love, Nick's cousin, Daisy. SAT Nick ..... Bryan Dick SAT Gatsby ..... Andrew Scott SAT Tom ..... Andrew Buchan SAT Daisy ..... Pippa Bennett-Warner SAT Jordan ..... Melody Grove SAT Wolfsheim ..... Karl Johnson SAT Klipspringer/Michaelis ..... Sam Dale SAT Wilson/Gatz ..... Gerard McDermott SAT Myrtle ..... Susie Riddell SAT Alice ..... Amaka Okafor SAT Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. SAT SAT 04:00 All the Way From Memphis b00j6bh8 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 3 SAT James Walton's pop music quiz with Andrew Collins, Tracey SAT MacLeod, Richard Curtis and Anthony Wilson. From December SAT 2004. SAT SAT 04:30 Richard Barton: General Practitioner! b007582j (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT Richard's flu is not getting any better. Old Dr Willoughby SAT is called in, and it seems his fondness for whisky hasn't SAT abated in retirement. A herbal remedy made from tree bark SAT that Sally finds in a perfectly reputable health food shop SAT has dramatic if unexpected results - the kind of results SAT that require an immediate antidote. Can his father Dick SAT Barton find the antidote in time? SAT Starring Robert Bathurst as Richard Barton, Moray Watson as SAT Old Dick Barton, Iain Cuthbertson as Jock, Julian Dutton as SAT Young Dick Barton and Matilda Ziegler as Sally Barton. SAT Guest star: Joss Ackland as Dr Willoughby SAT In 1946, Edward J Mason wrote the first episode of Dick SAT Barton - Special Agent. The BBC Light Programme's hugely SAT popular serial followed the adventures of the ex-Commando SAT and his mates Jock Anderson and Snowy White. Despite facing SAT a series of never-ending cliff-hangers at the hands of SAT dastardly villains, our hero always triumphed. "With one SAT bound Dick was free!". SAT Half a century later, Edward J's son Lol created Richard SAT Barton, son of Dick, in an affectionate homage to one of BBC SAT Radio's most enduring heroes. SAT Producer: Jo Clegg SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998. SAT SAT 05:00 Rent b00752lq (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 4 SAT Maria turns agony aunt, but is Paul finally turning all SAT grown-up and responsible? Stars Barbara Flynn. From February SAT 1997. SAT SAT 05:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme b01nbrjc (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 6 SAT John Finnemore, the writer and star of Cabin Pressure, SAT regular guest on The Now Show and popper-upper in things SAT like Miranda and Family Guy, presents the last in this SAT second series of his hit sketch show. SAT The first series was described as "sparklingly clever" by SAT The Daily Telegraph and "one of the most consistently funny SAT sketch shows for quite some time" by The Guardian. It SAT featured Winnie the Pooh coming to terms with his abusive SAT relationship with honey, how The Archers sounds to people SAT who don't listen to the Archers and how Dr Jekyll and Mr SAT Hyde decided whose turn it was to do the washing up. SAT This week's show starts by going to the dogs and ends with SAT what is surely the oldest hymn in the world. SAT John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is written by and stars SAT John Finnemore. It also features Margaret Cabourn-Smith, SAT Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan. The original SAT music is by Susannah Pearse. It is produced by Ed Morrish. SAT SAT 06:00 Ronnie Smith - The Charge of the Boys' Brigade SAT b05r6bsv (Listen) SAT 4 Extra Debut. The affectionate story of a group of friends SAT in the 1950s who face national service. Stars George Cole SAT and Joan Littlewood. SAT SAT 07:30 The Seeds of Love b00tvpvc (Listen) SAT Cecil Sharp collected thousands of songs to try and bring SAT English folk music to a wider audience. Malcolm Taylor SAT investigates. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b0076css (Listen) SAT The Liverpool Poets SAT In 1967, three young poets found fame and popularity with SAT the publication of the anthology The Mersey Sound. Pete SAT McCarthy looks at the work of Roger McGough, Adrian Henri SAT and Brian Patten. Contributors include artist and critic SAT George Melly, musician Andy Roberts and writer Phil Bowen. SAT From February 2003. SAT SAT 09:00 Horne of Plenty: Beyond Our Ken to Round the Horne SAT b007k2b6 (Listen) SAT Jonathan James-Moore's inside story of Beyond Our Ken and SAT Round the Horne. With Ron Moody, Bill Pertwee and Brian SAT Cooke. Features the first and last episodes of both series. SAT SAT 12:00 The Ken Dodd Show b05qk2kw (Listen) SAT From 13/06/1965 SAT Building a home gym with Andy Mann, and tackling the SAT population explosion. With John Laurie and Patricia Hayes. SAT From June 1965. SAT SAT 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00kn7yv (Listen) SAT From 13/05/1984 SAT From tackling Britain's recession to Film Extra of the SAT Century, it's the ultimate one-man show, written by the SAT host. From May 1984. SAT SAT 13:00 Writing the Century - Omnibus b05r6n3n (Listen) SAT The Journal of a Joskin, Part 2 SAT The 20th century as seen through diaries and correspondence. SAT Journals of farm labourer and writer Fred Kitchen, starring SAT Ralph Ineson. SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b05r6n9j (Listen) SAT Charlie Higson SAT Comedian Charlie Higson chooses 'Waiting for the Man' by the SAT Velvet Underground and Randy Newman's song 'Rollin'. SAT SAT 14:15 The Charm Factory b0075cnb (Listen) SAT Series 1, Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes SAT It's September 1953, and Irene has a shot at stardom, but SAT first she must break up with Eric. Sue Teddern's drama stars SAT Dinah Sheridan. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b0076css (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Ronnie Smith - The Charge of the Boys' Brigade SAT b05r6bsv (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 The Seeds of Love b00tvpvc (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 Simon Guerrier - Graceless b01l7x0m (Listen) SAT Series 2, The Dark SAT Abby and Zara wind up in a starless, sandstorm-riven place SAT where their powers don't work. Is it a trap? Stars Ciara SAT Janson. SAT Abby - Ciara Janson SAT Zara - Laura Doddington SAT Joy - Susan Brown SAT Maldon - Joseph Kloska SAT Written by Simon Guerrier SAT Directed by Lisa Bowerman SAT A Big Finish Production. SAT SAT 19:00 Horne of Plenty: Beyond Our Ken to Round the Horne SAT b007k2b6 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Life: An Idiot's Guide b01dtxcn (Listen) SAT Series 1, Standing Tall SAT Stephen K Amos and his pick of the circuit's best stand-ups SAT build an idiot's guide to life. This week Maeve Higgins, Tom SAT Allen and Phil Nichol join Stephen to offer a guide to SAT standing tall. SAT Produced by Colin Anderson. SAT SAT 22:30 It's David O'Doherty Time b00tlw72 (Listen) SAT The comedian combines documentary with song to describe the SAT busy day he spent tidying his Dublin bedsit. From December SAT 2008. SAT SAT 23:00 The Simon Day Show b01jhjs3 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Billy Bleach SAT Simon Day and his characters welcome listeners to The SAT Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. SAT Each week one of Simon's comic characters come to perform at SAT The Mallard while the staff struggle with rivalries, SAT self-doubt and the new owner's vision for the theatre's SAT future. SAT This week popular, Fast Show favourite Billy Bleach returns SAT to The Mallard, the theatre that last series gave him his SAT first big break. SAT Cast list: SAT Billy Bleach ..... Simon Day SAT Emanuel Akinyemi ..... Felix Dexter SAT Pat Bennet ... Morwenna Banks SAT Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall SAT Written by Simon Day SAT Produced by Colin Anderson. SAT SAT 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b05sjr6c (Listen) SAT The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats SAT to Barry Ferns. SAT SAT 23:30 The Jason Byrne Show b01dhnrz (Listen) SAT Series 2, Ageing SAT The award-winning comedian tackles the pros and cons of SAT getting older. With Laurence Howarth and Anna Bengo. From SAT July 2009. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 19 APRIL 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 Simon Guerrier - Graceless b01l7x0m (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Writing the Century - Omnibus b05r6n3n (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b05r6n9j (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 The Charm Factory b0075cnb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 b0076css (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Ronnie Smith - The Charge of the Boys' Brigade SUN b05r6bsv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 The Seeds of Love b00tvpvc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Julia Darling - Appointments b05r71h3 (Listen) SUN Omnibus SUN Maureen Wetherby keeps seeing a shadow out of the corner of SUN her eye. She visits Doctor Merrily for some test results. SUN With Val McLane. SUN SUN 07:15 Kenneth Williams - Ad Lib b05r71h5 (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Master raconteur Kenneth Williams talks about the famous SUN people and places in London that are dear to him. Recorded SUN at BBC Pebble Mill in 1982. SUN SUN 07:30 Beauty of Britain b00ndxjp (Listen) SUN Series 1, Pastor Dave SUN Comedy by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson. Beauty SUN Olonga works as a carer for the Featherdown Agency and sees SUN herself as an inspiration to other African girls hoping to SUN achieve their goals in the land of semi-skimmed milk. SUN Beauty is quite taken with the charismatic Pastor Dave, a SUN visiting clergyman at Mrs Blanchard's local church, but is SUN he the real deal? Should she pursue him or the gorgeous SUN double-breasted mini-trench coat she has seen in the Mencap SUN shop? SUN Beauty ...... Jocelyn Jee Esien SUN Sister Olu ...... Diveen Henry SUN Pastor Ndu ...... Javone Prince SUN Mrs Blanchard ...... Alison Steadman SUN Sally ...... Felicity Montagu SUN Karen ...... Nicola Sanderson SUN Mrs Gupte ...... Indira Joshi SUN Minister Lee ...... Dan Tetsell SUN Pastor Dave ...... Felix Dexter SUN Female Assistant ...... Diveen Henry SUN Cabbie ...... Dan Tetsel SUN Music by The West End Gospel Choir. SUN SUN 08:00 All Gas and Gaiters b007jpmz (Listen) SUN When in Rome SUN The Bishop regrets inviting the Dean to his birthday dinner. SUN Stars William Mervyn. From October 1972. SUN SUN 08:30 Life With the Lyons b014gp01 (Listen) SUN Three Blind Dates SUN The family have to entertain Ben's boss, but will they all SUN get along? Stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. From May 1955. SUN SUN 09:00 James Rebanks - The Shepherd's Life b05rk08v (Listen) SUN Passionate account of growing up in a farming family in the SUN Lake District, a working landscape that needs sheep and its SUN farmers to survive. Read by Bryan Dick. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b05r71h7 (Listen) SUN Khaled Hosseini SUN Afghan-born American novelist Khaled Hosseini chooses two SUN songs by Ahmad Zahir: 'Madar' and 'Aye Padesha Khuban'. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b05r71h9 (Listen) SUN Theatre Folk, Cameron Mackintosh SUN 4 Extra Debut. Lloyd Webber and Mackintosh senior - SUN impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh shares his castaway SUN choices with Sue Lawley. From December 2001. SUN SUN 11:00 An Hour With Ned Sherrin b00yk21p (Listen) SUN From Jeffrey Archer to Pia Zadora, the writer, producer and SUN broadcaster Ned Sherrin's witty A-Z of theatrical anecdotes. SUN From 1994. SUN SUN 12:00 All Gas and Gaiters b007jpmz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Life With the Lyons b014gp01 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 Julia Darling - Appointments b05r71h3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 Kenneth Williams - Ad Lib b05r71h5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Vesna Goldsworthy - Gorsky b05r71hc (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Chelski, a London home for Russian wealth. Gorsky, a story SUN about beauty, money and books. Read by Philip Arditti. SUN SUN 15:45 Afternoon Reading b011jv89 (Listen) SUN Sylvia Townsend Warner - Winter in the Air and Other SUN Stories, Shadwell SUN Shadwell is selected from Sylvia Townsend Warner's SUN collection, Winter in the Air. In this story, the death of SUN Mrs Probus threatens a precarious future for her long time SUN servant, Shadwell. SUN The stories in Winter in the Air were written between 1938 SUN and 1950. They capture the mood and atmosphere of the times, SUN and the lot of women in mid twentieth century England. SUN Sylvia Townsend Warner is less well known today, but in her SUN time was a prolific writer of novels, short stories and SUN poetry. She also wrote a biography of T.H. White. These SUN stories remind us that she was a sharp, insightful, and SUN vivid storyteller. SUN The reader is Susannah Harker SUN Abridged by Richard Hamilton SUN Produced by Elizabeth Allard. SUN SUN 16:00 Eric Pringle - Gracie b01g69tb (Listen) SUN Wish Me Luck SUN From Rochdale to renown, Gracie Fields' rise to fame was not SUN without its traumas. Stars Tracy Wiles and Paul Nicholas. SUN SUN 17:30 Beauty of Britain b00ndxjp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 William Boyd - A Haunting b00765nx (Listen) SUN A landscape architect finds himself taken over by an unseen SUN presence and is forced to make a strange drawing which he SUN does not recognise. He then starts to act out of character. SUN With John Sessions, Liam Brennan, Crawford Logan and Eliza SUN Langland. Directed by Dave Batchelor. SUN SUN 18:45 Ray Bradbury - The Smile b05r71hf (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. In a post-apocalyptic city, any semblance of SUN past beauty is viewed with derision. Read by Peter Whitman. SUN SUN 19:00 An Hour With Ned Sherrin b00yk21p (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Derek Jarman - Blue b05r71w7 (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. The director and author Derek Jarman's SUN experience confronting HIV and Aids. First broadcast on SUN Channel 4 and BBC Radio 3 in 1993. With Tilda Swinton. SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b05r71h9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Beauty of Britain b00ndxjp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Night Class b007697r (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN 4 Extra Debut. Johnny Vegas is a failed Redcoat forced onto SUN extended leave. The job centre insists he accept a job as a SUN pottery teacher. From August 2002. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b05sjr70 (Listen) SUN The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats SUN to Barry Ferns. SUN SUN 23:00 Radio Shuttleworth b00cq188 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 2 SUN The BBC hands over the airwaves to aspiring SUN singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth, with guest Wendy Craig. SUN From November 1998. SUN SUN 23:30 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea b007k0x6 (Listen) SUN Series 2, The Vampire of the Glen SUN The Scotsmen dig a suspicious hole for a coffin-shaped SUN wardrobe. Stars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From February SUN 2004. SUN SUN 23:45 One b007716v (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 1 SUN The sketch show where no sketch features more than one SUN voice. SUN Written by David Quantick and starring Dan Maier, Lizzie SUN Roper, Graeme Garden, Deborah Norton, Andrew Crawford, Dan SUN Antopolski and Jeremy Clarkson as himself. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 20 APRIL 2015 MON MON 00:00 William Boyd - A Haunting b00765nx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:45 Ray Bradbury - The Smile b05r71hf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Julia Darling - Appointments b05r71h3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 Kenneth Williams - Ad Lib b05r71h5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Vesna Goldsworthy - Gorsky b05r71hc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 Afternoon Reading b011jv89 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 Eric Pringle - Gracie b01g69tb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Beauty of Britain b00ndxjp (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b016vlc5 (Listen) MON The Coin of Dionysius MON Old friend Louis Carlyle approaches the blind sleuth to MON solve a case of forgery. Read by Arthur Darvill. MON MON 06:30 Letters to Myself b00dx16j (Listen) MON An insight into the experiences of people who have written MON letters to themselves to be opened in years to come. Some MON have sent letters to a website that acts as a temporary MON library before emailing them back to be read at a later MON date. The programme also follows a group of young adults as MON they open letters that they wrote to themselves years ago as MON school leavers. MON MON 07:00 Know Your Place b01b3b6b (Listen) MON Out of the Closet MON Caretaker Ramsay needs help after a close call with the MON local gangster. Stars Roy Dotrice and Patricia Hayes. From MON August 1983. MON MON 07:30 Dilemma b05qg5jh (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 2 MON Sue Perkins presents another edition of the show that puts MON the big moral and ethical questions to a mixed panel. This MON week, it's the turn of comedians Lucy Porter and Andy MON Zaltzman, BBC 6Music DJ Shaun Keaveny, and food writer Jack MON Monroe, who debate letting your children play with the MON offspring of racists, going on the minimum wage in exchange MON for other people's living standards being raised, and how to MON react to discovering infidelity just before you get married. MON Episode two of six. MON Dilemma is presented by Sue Perkins, and was devised by MON Danielle Ward. MON Credits MON Presenter: Sue Perkins MON Panellist: Lucy Porter MON Panellist: Shaun Keaveny MON Panellist: Jack Monroe MON Panellist: Andy Zaltzman MON Producer: Ed Morrish MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b007jm5w (Listen) MON Series 1, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker MON The platoon are horrified when their black marketeer gets MON his Army call up. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From MON April 1974. MON MON 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00kvkkw (Listen) MON From 20/05/1984 MON From a murderous martial art to an unexploded double bass, MON it's the ultimate one-man show, written by the host. From MON May 1984. MON MON 09:00 Booked b00753g9 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON 4 Extra Debut. Ian McMillan's irreverent literary game with MON Roger McGough, Miles Kington, Mark Thomas and Dillie Keane. MON From October 1995. MON MON 09:30 Says on the Tin b00gb0bt (Listen) MON Cat Food MON Comedy by Christopher William Hill. MON Eliott struggles to promote gourmet cat food for an MON intensely conservative company. MON Eliott Thurber ...... Michael Brandon MON Esther Finn ...... Samantha Bond MON Hannah Walker ...... Pippa Haywood MON Pippa Walker ...... Manjeet Mann MON Zadie ...... Joannah Tincey MON Ted ...... Malcolm Tierney MON Mrs Braden ...... Rachel Atkins MON Other parts played by Stephen Critchlow, Donnla Hughes, MON Janice Acquah and Jill Cardo. MON MON 10:00 Peter Whalley - The Absent Guest b0076lcv (Listen) MON 4 Extra Debut. After a murder at a dinner party, the guests MON become suspects, one by one. Whodunit with Robert Pickavance MON and Deborah Findlay. MON MON 11:00 Five Stories by Rose Tremain b00cq49d (Listen) MON Peerless MON A man's friendship with a penguin helps him come to terms MON with a friend's death many years before. Read by Oliver Ford MON Davies. MON MON 11:15 Tommies b03thc2q (Listen) MON 14 October 1914 MON by Nick Warburton. MON Series created by Jonathan Ruffle. MON Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eye-witness MON accounts, each episode of TOMMIES traces one real day at MON war, exactly 100 years ago. MON Through it all, we follow the fortunes of Mickey Bliss and MON his fellow signallers, from the Lahore Division of the MON British Indian Army. They are the cogs in an immense MON machine, one which connects situations across the whole MON theatre of the war, over four long years. MON Lee Ross, Pippa Nixon and Indira Varma star in this story, MON set on October 14th, 1914. Walter Oddy, wounded in action, MON is among thousands arriving today at the hospitals in MON Boulogne. Among so many casualties - will there be time to MON save one life? MON Producers: David Hunter, Jonquil Panting, Jonathan Ruffle MON Director: Jonquil Panting. MON Credits MON Mickey Bliss: Lee Ross MON Celestine de Tullio: Pippa Nixon MON Marjorie Blaikeley: Elaine Claxton MON Commentator: Indira Varma MON Captain George: Clive Hayward MON Cyril Walton: Scott Arthur MON Walter Oddy: Tony Pitts MON Soldier: Mark Edel-Hunt MON Sergeant: David Cann MON Producer: David Hunter MON Producer: Jonquil Panting MON Producer: Jonathan Ruffle MON Director: Jonquil Panting MON Writer: Nick Warburton MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b007jm5w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00kvkkw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b016vlc5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Letters to Myself b00dx16j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman MON b01nh722 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON A policeman is dead and Inspector Barlach has a hunch about MON the murderer. Bernard Hepton reads Friedrich Dürrenmatt's MON novella. MON MON 14:15 On Your Bike b00yqg3z (Listen) MON The Most Civilised Conveyance MON The 19th century velocipedes were heavy, slow and expensive MON before an English engineer James Starley developed the high MON bicycle or penny farthing which overcame the difficulties of MON gearing and weight. Although these 'high bicycles' were MON dangerous and unstable they were eagerly taken up by MON fashionable young men who formed cycle clubs and took to the MON open road with gusto. MON In the 1880's the safety bike arrived, it was very similar MON to the bikes of today, with a chain drive and smaller wheels MON anyone who could afford it could easily ride. The women who MON defied the dress codes of the day to ride in culottes or MON bloomers contributed to the emerging movement for women's MON suffrage and liberation. MON Artists, musicians and writers found inspiration on two MON wheels and the socialist Clarion Cycle Club cycled to spread MON their message. Then, in World War One, cycle battalions went MON to France with bikes adapted to carry kit and rifles to the MON front. Between the wars mass production delivered bikes MON cheap enough for everyone and fuelled by the outdoor and MON fitness movements cycling entered into a golden age, the MON working classes now had the freedom of the open road. MON After the war people once again took the road in freedom on MON the only transport available in the years of frugality. The MON 1960's brought prosperity, mass car ownership and a MON fascination with modernity and speed that didn't include MON cycling and bikes were left unused and rusting in garden MON sheds. Then a group of young people in California developed MON the mountain bike and again cycling became fashionable. A MON fashion for fitness was back on the agenda and there were MON the added incentives to reduce pollution and congestion in MON cities and seek more environmentally friendly ways of MON getting about. Today the bicycle is once again in the MON ascendency. MON Presenter: Martin Ellis MON Producer: Simon Evans MON A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011tz8m (Listen) MON HH Munro - Beasts on the Lawn: Saki, Tobermory MON Beasts on the Lawn: Saki 2011 MON Original stories by Saki (H.H Munro) MON Adapted by Sean Grundy MON Beasts on the Lawn is a collection of Edwardian short MON stories by Saki (H.H Munro) recycled and restaged in a MON modern day gated community for the far too wealthy for their MON own good. The tales are woven together by the character of MON Clovis, a security guard. She recalls the events of strange MON days and long nights. MON Episode One - Tobermory MON Barrister couple Lady Jane and Jean-Michel Blemley hold a MON dinner party for some of their rich clients. One of their MON guests, eccentric scientist Cornelius Appin, claims that he MON has been experimenting with animal behaviour techniques and MON can teach them to communicate. When he demonstrates on the MON Blemley's cat, Tobermory, the couple find they have a MON problem on their hands and seek assistance from security MON guard Clovis. MON Cast: MON Clovis.............................Pippa Haywood MON Tobermory......................Nick Mohammed MON Cornelius Appin....................Alan Coveney MON Lady Jane Blemley....................Dolly Wells MON Jean-Michel Blemley...................Ed Weeks MON Agnes Resker.............Jennifer Lee Jellicorse MON Odo Finsberry.......................David Collins MON Bertie Van Than....................Paul Dodgson MON Director: Alison Crawford. MON Credits MON Producer: Alison Crawford MON MON 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010n1c8 (Listen) MON Childhood MON Adam Nicolson's story of the popular British garden, started MON in 1932 by grandparents Vita Sackville-West and Harold MON Nicolson. MON MON 15:00 Peter Whalley - The Absent Guest b0076lcv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 Booked b00753g9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 Says on the Tin b00gb0bt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 17:00 Know Your Place b01b3b6b (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 Dilemma b05qg5jh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 Terry Pratchett b007k0v6 (Listen) MON Mort, Episode 1 MON A teenager is hired as Death's apprentice, and tries to MON alter the course of history. With Anton Lesser and Geoffrey MON Whitehead. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b0075mr5 (Listen) MON Mavis Cheek and Robert Elms MON 4 Extra Debut. Sarah LeFanu, Mavis Cheeks and Robert Elms MON discuss books by Jerome K Jerome, Cormac McCarthy and Norman MON Lewis. From August 1999. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b007jm5w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00kvkkw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b016vlc5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Letters to Myself b00dx16j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Five Stories by Rose Tremain b00cq49d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Tommies b03thc2q (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Dilemma b05qg5jh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Hearing With Hegley b0075ryg (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 2 MON Who wants to be a milliner? The Luton laureate entertains a MON class of schoolchildren and gets fitted for one of the MON town's famous hats. From February 2000. MON MON 22:45 The Problem With Adam Bloom b007n101 (Listen) MON Series 1, Gossip MON The comedian asks exactly who starts rumours? Brendan Burns MON and Sarah Kennedy help silence wagging tongues. From August MON 2003. MON MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b05s7db2 (Listen) MON The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Jon Holmes chats MON to Helen Lederer. MON MON 23:00 Dead Ringers b05qk6zm (Listen) MON Series 14, Episode 2 MON The topical impressions show returns just in time to reflect MON the build up to one of the most important and incisive votes MON for decades. Will Austria win again or does Britain's MON Electro Velvet stand a chance? Satire meets silliness in the MON flagship comedy for hard working families up and down the MON country. MON Starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey, Lewis MON MacLeod and Debra Stephenson. MON Producer: Bill Dare. MON Credits MON Performer: Jon Culshaw MON Performer: Jan Ravens MON Performer: Duncan Wisbey MON Performer: Lewis Macleod MON Performer: Debra Stephenson MON Producer: Bill Dare MON MON 23:30 Pick Ups b008p50r (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 2 MON A crucial darts match in the Manchester cab office, while MON Rebel offers marital advice. Stars Sally Lindsay. From MON January 2008. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 21 APRIL 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 Terry Pratchett b007k0v6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b0075mr5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b016vlc5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Letters to Myself b00dx16j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman TUE b01nh722 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:15 On Your Bike b00yqg3z (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011tz8m (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010n1c8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Peter Whalley - The Absent Guest b0076lcv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Booked b00753g9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 Says on the Tin b00gb0bt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Know Your Place b01b3b6b (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Dilemma b05qg5jh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b016ywr3 (Listen) TUE The Knight's Cross Signal Problem TUE The blind sleuth tackles a train crash. Was it an accident TUE or something more nefarious? Read by Arthur Darvill. TUE TUE 06:30 The Art of Remastering b00s3h40 (Listen) TUE Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores digital re-mastering: is it the TUE art of restoring music to its original glory; or just TUE another way of selling us music we already own? TUE The whole of the Beatles back catalogue has recently been TUE re-released in re-mastered form; a quick search of any TUE record store or online shop will reveal that a large number TUE of recordings have been re-mastered, from very old crackly TUE recordings to very recent releases. But what do the words TUE 'digitally re-mastered' on a cd actually mean? TUE Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits London's iconic Abbey Road Studios TUE (recently awarded Grade II listed status) to meet some of TUE the engineers who re-master recordings there. She asks them TUE and others from the music industry what re-mastering TUE actually means. She learns that sometimes re-mastering can TUE be as much about what to leave in as what to leave out. And TUE is it an advantage to have the original artist involved in TUE the process? TUE Sara also considers the consumer's point of view; we've TUE already bought these recordings on vinyl and cd (and TUE possibly cassette as well) so why do we need to buy them TUE again? Can the average listener hear any difference between TUE the original version of (for instance) a pop song from the TUE 1960s and the re-mastered version? TUE Sara looks at the technology that is used to clean up very TUE old recordings, where the music is often buried almost TUE completely beneath noise and the sonic distortions caused by TUE very primitive recording equipment. TUE Whatever your view is of the value of re-mastering, what is TUE clear is that the re-mastering engineers Sara meets treat TUE the work they do with great care and reverence - they are TUE often uncovering moments in history. TUE TUE 07:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat TUE b00nw3x9 (Listen) TUE The Mysterious Portrait TUE Chertkoff is St Petersburg's most high-minded young artist, TUE until he makes a pact with the devil. With Stephen Moore. TUE From April 2002. TUE TUE 07:30 The Casebook of Max and Ivan b05qgcjn (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Max and Ivan are private detectives for whom no case is too TUE small......Sorry, for whom no fee is too small. Matt Lucas TUE joins them to solve a showbiz mystery. TUE Driven by their love of truth, justice (and the need to pay TUE off their terrifying landlord, Malcolm McMichaelmas), they TUE take on crimes that no-one else would consider. In this TUE case, the mysterious disappearance of film impresario Bernie TUE Goldfinkelrubenstein's leading man. TUE Max and Ivan - comedians and actors Max Olesker and Ivan TUE Gonzalez - are a critically acclaimed, award-winning double TUE act who have quickly established themselves as one of the TUE most exciting comedy duos on the circuit. TUE Over the course of the series they are dropped into new TUE worlds, and have to use their skills to penetrate deep into TUE each community. If that means Ivan dressing up as a 14 year TUE old German girl, so be it! TUE Cast: TUE Max...............Max Olesker TUE Ivan..............Ivan Gonzalez TUE Bernie...........Matt Lucas TUE Malcolm.........Lewis MacLeod TUE Norman.........David Reed TUE Lizzie............Jenny Bede TUE Produced by Victoria Lloyd TUE A John Stanley production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 08:00 Round the Horne b00j05vk (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 7 TUE Captain Horne tackles a tricky case in 'Edwin Braden Is TUE Missing'. With Kenneth Williams and Bill Pertwee. From April TUE 1965. TUE TUE 08:30 The Ken Dodd Show b05rcy5f (Listen) TUE From 04/07/1965 TUE Doddy joins the Invercock-a-Leekie Ballet Company, and Andy TUE Mann prepares to go on holiday. With John Laurie. From July TUE 1965. TUE TUE 09:00 Dead Ringers b05qk6zm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Such Rotten Luck b01nqqgn (Listen) TUE Keats, Baby, You Done It Wrong TUE Has Woodhouse been beaten to it, biographically? TUE Comedy-drama starring Tim Pigott-Smith and Zoë Wanamaker. TUE From September 1989. TUE TUE 10:00 Melissa Murray - Inheritance b0075gsn (Listen) TUE 4 Extra Debut. Simone is seriously ill, but will a member of TUE her estranged family agree to a bone marrow transplant? TUE Stars Kate Buffery. TUE TUE 11:00 Five Stories by Rose Tremain b00cqdb1 (Listen) TUE Loves Me, Loves Me Not TUE Sixty years ago, Frank's romantic hopes were dashed on a New TUE York quayside. Will he now confront the past? Read by Dermot TUE Crowley. TUE TUE 11:15 Tommies b03thc49 (Listen) TUE 21 October 1914 TUE by Jonathan Ruffle. TUE Series created by Jonathan Ruffle TUE Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eye-witness TUE accounts, each episode of TOMMIES traces one real day at TUE war, exactly 100 years ago. TUE Through it all, we follow the fortunes of Mickey Bliss and TUE his fellow signallers, from the Lahore Division of the TUE British Indian Army. They are the cogs in an immense TUE machine, one which connects situations across the whole TUE theatre of the war, over four long years. TUE Indira Varma, Lee Ross and Alex Wyndham star in this story, TUE set at Ypres during the first Battle of Langemarck. Mickey's TUE signals unit goes forward with the British offensive. And TUE just as no battle plan survives contact with the enemy, so TUE Mickey's plan to be a battlefield tourist is not about to TUE survive contact with an artillery captain on a mission of TUE his own. TUE Producers: David Hunter, Jonquil Panting, Jonathan Ruffle TUE Director: David Hunter. TUE Credits TUE Mickey Bliss: Lee Ross TUE Commentator: Indira Varma TUE Maberly Dunster: Alex Wyndham TUE Horace Greenwood: Mark Edel-Hunt TUE Jacca Nancarrow: Joseph Kloska TUE Captain Paddon: Damian Lynch TUE Captain Richardson: Monty d'Inverno TUE Colonel Firmin: Michael Bertenshaw TUE Pipe Major Maclaurin: David Cann TUE Producer: David Hunter TUE Producer: Jonquil Panting TUE Producer: Jonathan Ruffle TUE Director: David Hunter TUE Writer: Jonathan Ruffle TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b00j05vk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 The Ken Dodd Show b05rcy5f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b016ywr3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 The Art of Remastering b00s3h40 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman TUE b01nh8pr (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Barlach and Tschanz are on the trail of the mysterious 'G'. TUE Bernard Hepton reads Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novella. TUE TUE 14:15 On Your Bike b00yfq5f (Listen) TUE Faster Than Legs TUE Hobby Horses, velocipedes and penny farthings, the early TUE evolution of the bicycle brought about by Victorian TUE ingenuity and the developing engineering industry. TUE Presenter: Martin Ellis TUE Producer: Simon Evans TUE A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011v1bg (Listen) TUE HH Munro - Beasts on the Lawn: Saki, The Interlopers TUE Beasts on the Lawn: Saki 2011 TUE Original stories by Saki (H.H Munro) TUE Adapted by Sean Grundy TUE Beasts on the Lawn is a collection of Edwardian short TUE stories by Saki (H.H Munro) recycled and restaged in a TUE modern day gated community for the far too wealthy for their TUE own good. The tales are woven together by the character of TUE Clovis, a security guard. She recalls the events of strange TUE days and long nights. TUE Episode Two: The Interlopers TUE Divorced couple Georgina Znaeym and Ulrich Gradwitz hate TUE each other. Both professors of Socio geoeconomics at rival TUE universities, they are both in line for the prestigious TUE Eisenberg Award. They are high-minded and serious but in TUE their spare time they are devotees of the on-line video game TUE 'Carpathian Empire' where they fight most of their battles. TUE When Ulrich delivers a particularly nasty blow to Georgina TUE she reacts accordingly and their fighting spills out into TUE the real world. TUE Cast: TUE Clovis.............................Pippa Haywood TUE Georgina Znaeym.................Barbara Flynn TUE Ulrich Gradwitz....................John Sessions TUE Jeff the Man...................Malcolm Hamilton TUE Director - Alison Crawford. TUE Credits TUE Producer: Alison Crawford TUE TUE 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010n4n3 (Listen) TUE Family TUE Adam Nicolson recalls life at the famous Kent garden. His TUE mother leaves the family home, and tourism takes over from TUE farming. TUE TUE 15:00 Melissa Murray - Inheritance b0075gsn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Whispers b007k2kr (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 1 TUE Gyles Brandreth's scandals quiz with Anthony Holden, Valerie TUE Grove, Lucy Moore and Geoffrey Durham. From September 2004. TUE TUE 16:30 Such Rotten Luck b01nqqgn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE TUE 17:00 Stilgoe's Around b007k3r0 (Listen) TUE From 07/05/1984 TUE Richard Stilgoe is admitted to Guy's Hospital in London. TUE With visitors Emma Thompson and The Cambridge Buskers. From TUE May 1984. TUE TUE 17:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat TUE b00nw3x9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Terry Pratchett b007k134 (Listen) TUE Mort, Episode 2 TUE Death sends the teenager to collect three lives, but one of TUE them belongs to a princess. With Anton Lesser and Philip TUE Jackson. TUE TUE 18:30 Frankly Speaking b05rd9by (Listen) TUE Dr Mary Stocks TUE Social activist, writer and broadcaster Dr Stocks discusses TUE her career, in the pioneering BBC Home Service series from TUE July 1964. TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b00j05vk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 The Ken Dodd Show b05rcy5f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b016ywr3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 The Art of Remastering b00s3h40 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Five Stories by Rose Tremain b00cqdb1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Tommies b03thc49 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 The Casebook of Max and Ivan b05qgcjn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Little Britain b008jdxn (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 4 TUE Back where it started out, Matt Lucas and David Walliams' TUE oddball TV smash hit - without the cameras. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b05s7db5 (Listen) TUE The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Jon Holmes chats TUE again to Helen Lederer. TUE TUE 23:00 Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off b00pbx22 (Listen) TUE Series 4, Lapland TUE He's back! But this time, he's got a computer! Budleigh TUE Salterton's most famous citizen has been grounded by both TUE the Home Office and his father, so he's set up GWH Travvel TUE ("2 Ms, 2 Gs, 2 Vs - bit of a mix up at the printers"). TUE Run from his bedroom with the help of his long-suffering TUE former Primary School teacher Mr Timmis and the hindrance of TUE his sister Charlotte, it's a one-stop Travel/Advice/Events TUE Management/Website service, where each week his schemes TUE range far and wide - whether it's roaming the country TUE lecturing would-be overlanders on how to pack a rucksack TUE ("If in doubt, put it in. And double it"), or finding TUE someone a zebra for a corporate promotion ("I'll look in the TUE Phone Book - how hard can it be? Now, "A to D"...), GWH TUE Travvel stays true to its motto - "We do it all, so you TUE won't want to". TUE In this special episode, first broadcast at Xmas, Giles TUE takes a trip to Iceland and buys some frozen food for his TUE trip to Lapland. He also learns that when hunting with TUE shotguns, it's good to know the difference between an elk TUE and an elf. TUE Co-starring Catherine Tate as his long-suffering fiancee TUE Arabella and Celia Imrie as his mother-in-law-to-be - the TUE woman known only as "Mrs Wells" - in a snowbound special TUE that mixes The Wizard Of Oz, It's A Wonderful Life and The TUE Ice Queen in Giles's head, and serves them up with a helping TUE of brandy butter and South Devon-style idiocy. TUE Starring Marcus Brigstocke as Giles. TUE Cast: TUE Giles Wemmbley Hogg ..... Marcus Brigstocke TUE Bella ..... Catherine Tate TUE Mrs Wells ..... Celia Imrie TUE Mr Timmis ..... Adrian Scarborough TUE Charlotte Wemmbley Hogg ..... Catherine Shepherd TUE Santa ..... Ewan Bailey TUE Written by Marcus Brigstocke & Jeremy Salsby. TUE Producer: David Tyler TUE A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Producer: David Tyler TUE TUE 23:30 Vent b00v3qsn (Listen) TUE Series 2, Alternatives TUE What would comatose Ben's life be like if it was a Hollywood TUE movie? Stars Neil Pearson and Fiona Allen. From October TUE 2007. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL 2015 WED WED 00:00 Terry Pratchett b007k134 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Frankly Speaking b05rd9by (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b016ywr3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 The Art of Remastering b00s3h40 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman WED b01nh8pr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:15 On Your Bike b00yfq5f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011v1bg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010n4n3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Melissa Murray - Inheritance b0075gsn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Whispers b007k2kr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Such Rotten Luck b01nqqgn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Stilgoe's Around b007k3r0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat WED b00nw3x9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b016z2cw (Listen) WED The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage WED The blind amateur sleuth investigates a man's electrifying WED plot to murder his wife. Read by Arthur Darvill. WED WED 06:30 Earth to Earth: Potted Immortality b00lyrb6 (Listen) WED Ceramicist Lars Tharp explores our relationship with the WED funeral urn. He examines both the history and future of the WED urn with artist Grayson Perry, using readings from Sir WED Thomas Browne's treatise, Urn Burial. Lars also talks to WED funeral directors, ceramic experts and visits the British WED Museum where, he uncovers the urn which inspired Keats to WED write his poem, Ode on a Grecian Urn. WED WED 07:00 The Older Woman b0391n2w (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 1 WED Chad and Roy compete for the chance to live in Jane's WED caravan. Stars Geraldine James and Martin Clunes. From WED August 1994. WED WED 07:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler b05qgm0y (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 3 WED Adventuring comedian Tim FitzHigham recreates another 19th WED century bet; can he cook a pudding underneath ten feet of WED water? WED Credits WED Presenter: Tim FitzHigham WED Producer: Joe Nunnery WED Writer: Tim FitzHigham WED Writer: Jon Hunter WED Writer: Paul Byrne WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b05rdfy2 (Listen) WED The Morning After WED Povey orders the poorly crew onto choppy waters in search of WED a buoy. Stars Leslie Phillips and Stephen Murray. From March WED 1960. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00tp8gx (Listen) WED Series 4, Episode 12 WED Meet Britain's aristocracy and take a driving test. Sketches WED and songs with John Cleese and David Hatch. From December WED 1966. WED WED 09:00 Trivia Test Match b00vt76v (Listen) WED From 15/10/1991 WED Brian Johnston umpires as Willie Rushton and William WED Franklyn battle Tim Rice and Bernard Cribbins. From October WED 1991. WED WED 09:30 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show b0076283 (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 3 WED Nostalgia is all the rage this week, as an escaping PoW WED drops in and out, and Mel and Vicki celebrate the 1980s. WED From May 2001. WED WED 10:00 Ronnie Smith - Cherries Hung With Snow b0075zy2 (Listen) WED 4 Extra Debut. Over five years since he was de-mobbed, WED Tommie is back to remember his army pals and Fulham WED sweetheart. Stars George Cole. WED WED 11:00 Five Stories by Rose Tremain b00cqh5g (Listen) WED The Ebony Hand WED Bewildered by the changes in her life, an aunt finds solace WED in an unexpected place. Read by Penelope Wilton. WED WED 11:15 Tommies b03thc4z (Listen) WED 28 October 1914 WED by Michael Chaplin. WED Series created by Jonathan Ruffle. WED Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eye-witness WED accounts, each episode of TOMMIES traces one real day at WED war, exactly 100 years ago. WED Through it all, we'll follow the fortunes of Mickey Bliss WED and his fellow signallers, from the Lahore Division of the WED British Indian Army. They are the cogs in an immense WED machine, one which connects situations across the whole WED theatre of the war, over four long years. WED Indira Varma, Danny Rahim and Nicholas Farrell star in this WED story, as the first Indian Army soldiers arrive on the WED battlefields of France, and the under-equipped infantry of WED the 9th Bhopal Regiment find themselves on the front line at WED the first battle of Neuve Chapelle. WED Producers: David Hunter, Jonquil Panting, Jonathan Ruffle WED Director: Nandita Ghose. WED Credits WED Mickey Bliss: Lee Ross WED Ahmadullah Khan: Danny Rahim WED Pavan Jodha: Rudi Dharmalingam WED Lt Colonel Dobbie: Nicholas Farrell WED Commentator: Indira Varma WED Hector Monkhouse: Clive Hayward WED Sowar Alam Sher: Sagar Radia WED Havildar Mishra: Jassa Ahluwalia WED Captain Wilson: Sam Valentine WED Captain Jamieson: Mark Edel-Hunt WED Sir John French: David Cann WED Producer: David Hunter WED Producer: Jonquil Panting WED Producer: Jonathan Ruffle WED Director: Nandita Ghose WED Writer: Michael Chaplin WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b05rdfy2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00tp8gx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b016z2cw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Earth to Earth: Potted Immortality b00lyrb6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman WED b01nhg6d (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED What is the truth behind the shadowy Gastmann's dinner WED parties? Bernard Hepton reads Friedrich Dürrenmatt's WED novella. WED WED 14:15 On Your Bike b00ybzn2 (Listen) WED British Genius WED Pneumatic tyres and the development of the safety bicycle WED allow the wealthier middle classes to take to the road in WED the bicycling craze of the late 19th century. WED Presenter: Martin Ellis WED Producer: Simon Evans WED A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011vg91 (Listen) WED HH Munro - Beasts on the Lawn: Saki, Sredni Vashtar WED Beasts on the Lawn: Saki 2011 WED Original stories by Saki (H.H Munro) WED Adapted by Sean Grundy WED Beasts on the Lawn is a collection of Edwardian short WED stories by Saki (H.H Munro) recycled and restaged in a WED modern day gated community for the far too wealthy for their WED own good. The tales are woven together by the character of WED Clovis, a security guard. She recalls the events of strange WED days and long nights. WED Episode Three: Sredni Vashtar WED When Conrad de Ropp Snr is given 'gardening leave' from his WED bank, his time at home coincides with his adopted ten year WED old son's (Conrad Jnr) school holiday. It's a sobering time, WED mainly because Conrad Snr had almost forgotten the boy WED existed. Snr thinks Jnr spends far too much time on his own WED in the garden. He's occupying himself in the shed, and Snr WED wonders if the boy has found himself an unhealthy habit. But WED it's not sexual, it's religious. Jnr has got himself an WED idol. To anyone else it's just a pet ferret, but to little WED Conrad it's Sredni Vashtar, a vengeful, merciless god. He WED loves it. He worships it in secret, and he prays each day it WED will rid him of Conrad Snr. WED Cast: WED Clovis.............................Pippa Haywood WED De Ropp........................Rupert Vansittart WED Conrad....................................Olly Bell WED Jeff the Man..................Malcolm Hamilton WED Inge...................................Amy Clifton WED Director: Alison Crawford. WED Credits WED Producer: Alison Crawford WED WED 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010nn2r (Listen) WED Dealing With the Trust WED Reading his account of the famous Kent garden, Adam Nicolson WED wants to create an organic farm, but others aren't so sure. WED WED 15:00 Ronnie Smith - Cherries Hung With Snow b0075zy2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 Trivia Test Match b00vt76v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show b0076283 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 The Older Woman b0391n2w (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler b05qgm0y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 Terry Pratchett b007k1c1 (Listen) WED Mort, Episode 3 WED Death has fun in the real world, leaving the teenager to run WED his life-collecting business. With Anton Lesser and Carl WED Prekopp. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076n30 (Listen) WED Redemption WED Matthew Parris knows what he did, and so do Gillian Slovo, WED Dannie Abse and Paul Burke. They all discuss atonement. From WED September 2004. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b05rdfy2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00tp8gx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b016z2cw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Earth to Earth: Potted Immortality b00lyrb6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Five Stories by Rose Tremain b00cqh5g (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Tommies b03thc4z (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler b05qgm0y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters b00yrfwh (Listen) WED Series 1, Estate Agents WED Through the medium of four open letters, the comedian Tom WED Wrigglesworth investigates the myriad examples of corporate WED lunacy and maddening jobsworths in modern Britain. WED In this series his subjects range from traffic wardens to WED estate agents, with Tom recalling his own funny and WED ridiculous experiences as well as recounting the absurd WED encounters of others. WED Tom asks why we still bother with estate agents. WED WED 23:00 The Maltby Collection b00mvr2w (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 6 WED Sitcom by David Nobbs, set in a museum. WED Walter continues to be suspicious of his wife's attempts at WED reconciliation, and the Crumb-Looselys' long-distance WED relationship steers towards the rocks. WED Rod Millet ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt WED Walter Brindle ...... Geoffrey Palmer WED Prunella Edgecumbe ...... Rachel Atkins WED Susie Maltby ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith WED Julian Crumb-Loosely ...... Ben Willbond WED Wilf Arbuthnot ...... Geoff McGivern WED Eva Tattle ...... Juklia Deakin WED Des Wainwright ...... Michael Smiley WED Stelios Constantinopoulis ...... Chris Pavlo WED Gloria Brindle ...... Helen Atkinson-Wood WED Vicar ...... Stephen K Amos. WED WED 23:30 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack b00w7c95 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 2 WED Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack is a multi-paced, one woman WED Fast Show for Radio 4 showcasing the exceptional talent of WED Lucy Montgomery. Featuring Lucy Montgomery, Philip Pope, WED Sally Grace, Waen Shepherd and Natalie Walter. WED In this episode we meet Daisy, the chattering public school WED girl's, parents and find out why the Mona Lisa has been WED dumped by the Laughing Cavalier. Plus, a Police Officer who WED can't find the right words, a street survey that probes too WED far and Candi Karmel's sister makes an appearance. WED Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by WED Steven Burge and Dan Tetsell. WED Music by Philip Pope WED Producer by Katie Tyrrell. WED WED THU THURSDAY 23 APRIL 2015 THU THU 00:00 Terry Pratchett b007k1c1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b0076n30 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b016z2cw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Earth to Earth: Potted Immortality b00lyrb6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman THU b01nhg6d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:15 On Your Bike b00ybzn2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011vg91 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010nn2r (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Ronnie Smith - Cherries Hung With Snow b0075zy2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Trivia Test Match b00vt76v (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show b0076283 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 The Older Woman b0391n2w (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler b05qgm0y (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b017071f (Listen) THU The Last Exploit of Harry the Actor THU The blind sleuth investigates a series of thefts from a THU notoriously impregnable bank. Read by Arthur Darvill. THU THU 06:30 Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico b00gd1t0 (Listen) THU Marc Riley tells the story of Christa Paffgen, the German THU model and actress who would become better known as Nico, the THU singer with influential 1960s rock band The Velvet THU Underground. Featuring interviews with her son Ari; her THU manager during her time in Manchester, Alan Wise; her THU biographer Richard Witts and John Cale, one of her THU colleagues in The Velvet Underground. THU THU 07:00 Potting On b00lblps (Listen) THU Flab THU Diet or deception? Pam and Gordon argue over how to grow THU old. Stars Pam Ayres and Geoffrey Whitehead. From March THU 2008. THU THU 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week b03jz1hz (Listen) THU Series 9, Blood of the Reardons THU Ed Reardon leads us through the ups and down of his week, THU complete with his trusty companion, Elgar, and his THU never-ending capacity for scrimping and scraping at whatever THU scraps his agent, Ping, can offer him to keep body, mind and THU cat together. THU Ed discovers that he has diabetes and his daughter, Eli, THU turns up to be his calorie counter- in-chief. To escape THU Eli's gluten free falafel salad, Ed enrols on a clinical THU trial, and that's when his son, Jake turns up in the hope of THU a fly-on-the-wall documentary, although as Ping Points out, THU it will only be marketable if Ed dies! THU Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas THU Produced by Dawn Ellis. THU Credits THU Ed Reardon: Christopher Douglas THU Dr Liz Newcombe: Claudie Blakley THU Olive: Stephanie Cole THU Eli: Lisa Coleman THU Ping: Barunka O'Shaughnessy THU Jake: Sam Pamphilon THU Pearl: Alison Steadman THU Stan: Geoffrey Whitehead THU Writer: Andrew Nickolds THU Writer: Christopher Douglas THU Producer: Dawn Ellis THU THU 08:00 Brothers in Law b007k268 (Listen) THU Series 1, Counsel for the Prosecution THU Rookie barrister Roger Thursby confronts a fearsome judge. THU Stars Richard Briers and Andrew Cruickshank. From September THU 1970. THU THU 08:30 Not in Front of the Children b05r7w7g (Listen) THU Series 1, Spare Time Job THU Jen's scheme to make money runs into red tape, and worse. THU Stars Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews. From December 1969. THU THU 09:00 Who Goes There? b0075yzs (Listen) THU Series 4, Episode 3 THU Martin Young hosts the famous people quiz, with team THU captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego and guests Vivienne THU Parry and Jonathan Meades. From November 2000. THU THU 09:30 The Sit Crom b00mbc2k (Listen) THU Night Exercises THU As the sovereign visits, confusion reigns in Lady Anne's THU bedchamber. Civil War comedy with Denise Coffey. From THU November 1990. THU THU 10:00 Classic Serial b00g44sl (Listen) THU Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm, Episode 1 THU Martyn Wade's dramatisation of the novel by Anthony THU Trollope. THU Dockwrath, attorney by profession and a tenant of Orley THU Farm, is convinced that there are suspicious circumstances THU regarding the inheritance of the estate, and he is THU determined to prove it. THU Anthony Trollope ...... Tim Pigott-Smith THU Lady Mason ...... Samantha Bond THU Sir Peregrine ...... Ronald Pickup THU Peregrine Orme ...... Dan Stevens THU Mrs Edith Orme ...... Amanda Root THU Lucius Mason ...... Jonathan Christie THU Sophia Furnival ...... Lydia Leonard THU Mr Furnival ...... Robert Maskell THU Mrs Furnival ...... Joanna Monro THU Mr Dockwrath ...... Sam Dale THU Miriam Dockwrath ...... Janice Acquah THU Joseph Mason ...... Jonathan Tafler THU Mr Moulder ...... Stephen Critchlow THU Mr Kantwise ...... Pual Rider THU Felix Graham ...... Gunnar Cauthery THU Augustus Staveley ...... Robert Lonsdale THU Matthew Round ...... Dan Starkey THU Richard Round ...... Malcolm Tierney THU Miss Biggs ...... Jill Cardo THU Directed by Tracey Neale. THU THU 11:00 Five Stories by Rose Tremain b00cqmjl (Listen) THU Moth THU A strange transformation brings attention and tragedy to a THU trailer park mother. Read by Debora Weston. THU THU 11:15 Tommies b03thc5k (Listen) THU 4 November 1914 THU by Michael Chaplin. THU Series created by Jonathan Ruffle. THU Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eye-witness THU accounts, each episode of Tommies traces one real day at war THU and behind the battlefront, exactly 100 years ago. THU And through it all, we follow the fortunes of Mickey Bliss THU and his fellow signallers, from the Lahore Division of the THU British Indian Army. They are the cogs in an immense THU machine, one which connects situations across the whole THU theatre of the war, over four long years. THU Indira Varma, Pippa Nixon and Patrick Kennedy star in this THU story, as Dr Celestine de Tullio returns from France to find THU that things are amiss with army medicals, while her husband THU Robert gets embroiled in the realities of financing a war. THU Producers: David Hunter, Jonquil Panting, Jonathan Ruffle THU Director: Jonquil Panting. THU THU 12:00 Brothers in Law b007k268 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Not in Front of the Children b05r7w7g (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b017071f (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico b00gd1t0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman THU b01nj0km (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU The man known as Gastmann reveals his and Barlach's shared THU past. Bernard Hepton reads Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novella. THU THU 14:15 On Your Bike b00yfq5h (Listen) THU Politics, Liberation and Emancipation THU Cycling, suffragettes and socialism, the new political THU pioneers of the open road as freedom of movement brings THU political freedom and the ability to campaign for your THU cause. THU Presenter: Martin Ellis THU Producer: Simon Evans THU A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011vh4r (Listen) THU HH Munro - Beasts on the Lawn: Saki, Gabriel Ernest THU Beasts on the Lawn: Saki 2011 THU Original stories by Saki (H.H Munro) THU Adapted by Sean Grundy THU Beasts on the Lawn is a collection of Edwardian short THU stories by Saki (H.H Munro) recycled and restaged in a THU modern day gated community for the far too wealthy for their THU own good. The tales are woven together by the character of THU Clovis, a security guard. She recalls the events of strange THU days and long nights. THU Episode Four: Gabriel Ernest THU Unpleasant celebrity chef Van Cheele has made quite a name THU for himself with his particular brand of nasty cooking. One THU day he finds a filthy naked teenager sunbathing in his large THU garden on the Munro Estate. The boy claims to enjoy hunting THU animals and also occasionally humans on the estate. Van THU Cheele believes that this is a prank by a fellow celebrity THU chef, but soon discovers that he's truly met his match. THU Cast: THU Clovis.............................Pippa Haywood THU Gabriel Ernest.......................Carl Prekopp THU Van Cheele..............................Ed Weeks THU Ewa Ptorovisch......................Dolly Wells THU Jeff the Man..................Malcolm Hamilton THU Director: Alison Crawford. THU Credits THU Producer: Alison Crawford THU THU 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010nrtr (Listen) THU Setbacks and Struggles THU In his account of the famous Kent garden, Adam Nicolson THU faces opposition to his plan to return to productive THU farming. THU THU 15:00 Classic Serial b00g44sl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 Who Goes There? b0075yzs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 The Sit Crom b00mbc2k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 Anything Legal b0088z2b (Listen) THU Episode 5 THU Charles and George hire a secretary to boost their new THU business. Stars Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles. From THU December 1984. THU THU 17:30 Potting On b00lblps (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Terry Pratchett b007k1l2 (Listen) THU Mort, Episode 4 THU Death is nowhere to be found, the nodes need attention, and THU Princess Keli is in danger. Stars Anton Lesser and Adam THU Godley. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076l2c (Listen) THU Series 5, Tchaikovsky THU Economist Ruth Lea chooses the great Russian composer. Music THU critic and writer Stephen Johnson adds his expertise. With THU Humphrey Carpenter. From April 2004. THU THU 19:00 Brothers in Law b007k268 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Not in Front of the Children b05r7w7g (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b017071f (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico b00gd1t0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Five Stories by Rose Tremain b00cqmjl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Tommies b03thc5k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week b03jz1hz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 My Teenage Diary b01kknzp (Listen) THU Series 4, Jackie Kay THU My Teenage Diary returns with six more brave celebrities THU ready to revisit their formative years by opening up their THU intimate teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for THU the very first time. THU Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by poet Jackie Kay who THU revisits her politically active student years in the early THU eighties, when she went on every demo she possibly could. THU She shares some of her early poetry, and talks about what a THU revelation it was to finally meet and make friends with THU other black women when she was at university. THU Producer: Harriet Jaine THU A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:00 My Booze Hell, by Little Johnny Cartilage b00dwnds (Listen) THU Malcolm MacDonald's Sideburns THU The faded 70s idol explains his downfall to a bemused Sue THU Lawley. With Johnny Meres and Peter Serafinowicz. From THU October 1996. THU THU 23:15 Date With Fate b008y7g7 (Listen) THU A Damp Fib THU Surveyor's clerk Simon tries hard to cover up a huge white THU lie. Stars Charles Gray and Alex Lowe. From February 1996. THU THU 23:30 Hut 33 b00wbkxg (Listen) THU Series 2, Where Boffins Dare THU To avoid a war posting to Burma, the blundering codebreakers THU must catch a German spy. Stars Robert Bathurst. From June THU 2008. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 24 APRIL 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 Terry Pratchett b007k1l2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076l2c (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b017071f (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico b00gd1t0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman FRI b01nj0km (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:15 On Your Bike b00yfq5h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011vh4r (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010nrtr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Classic Serial b00g44sl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Who Goes There? b0075yzs (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 The Sit Crom b00mbc2k (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 Anything Legal b0088z2b (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Potting On b00lblps (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b01709qq (Listen) FRI A Game Played in the Dark FRI The blind sleuth comes face-to-face with some old FRI adversaries. Read by Arthur Darvill. FRI FRI 06:30 The Lake b00gs3ks (Listen) FRI An evocative sound portrait of Britain's largest lake, Lough FRI Neagh in Northern Ireland. With a shoreline measuring over FRI 70 miles long, this vast stretch of water is more like a sea FRI than a lake. Recordings made above and below the waves FRI reveal a moody, stormy, wild and even dangerous place where FRI legends of a buried town, a horse god and three sisters FRI emerge from the shallows, while smoke-like plumes and huge FRI flocks of birds rise from the surface as the seasons unfold. FRI FRI 07:00 Rent b00752s3 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 5 FRI Paul has a very serious question to ask Ruby, and Maria is FRI developing a big problem with gambling. With Barbara Flynn, FRI Patrick Barlow and Linda Polan. FRI FRI 07:30 The Vote Now Show b05qk706 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 1 FRI A series of election specials from the Now Show gang kicks FRI off this evening. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis will host a FRI series of six shows spread across four weeks in the lead up FRI to the General Election. With the help of Jon Holmes, Pippa FRI Evans, Laura Shavin, Mitch Benn and special guests from FRI across the political spectrum they'll give their own unique FRI take on the election news and shenanigans. In the first show FRI there'll be their critique of the second of the leader's FRI debates. FRI In the first episode Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined FRI by Jon Holmes, Pippa Evans, Mitch Benn, Sean Kemp and Nish FRI Kumar. FRI Producers; Alexandra Smith, Joe Nunnery and Rachel Wheeley. FRI Executive Producer Alison Vernon-Smith. FRI Credits FRI Presenter: Steve Punt FRI Presenter: Hugh Dennis FRI Panellist: Jon Holmes FRI Panellist: Pippa Evans FRI Panellist: Mitch Benn FRI Panellist: Sean Kemp FRI Panellist: Nish Kumar FRI Producer: Alexandra Smith FRI Producer: Joe Nunnery FRI Producer: Rachel Wheeley FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k456 (Listen) FRI The Test Match FRI MCC chairman Sid makes the lad England's cricket captain, FRI but bets on Australia to win. Stars Tony Hancock. From FRI February 1956. FRI FRI 08:30 Play It Cool b05r7w7p (Listen) FRI Episode 4 FRI What if the Cannes film festival came to Britain, and other FRI world affairs. Star Ian Carmichael and Joan Sims. From FRI August 1964. FRI FRI 09:00 All the Way From Memphis b00jdp93 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 4 FRI James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, FRI Martin Freeman, Tracey Macleod and Stewart Lee. From FRI December 2004. FRI FRI 09:30 Richard Barton: General Practitioner! b0075887 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Dick and Richard are having no trouble speaking their minds, FRI and this inevitably gets them both into trouble. With Robert FRI Bathurst, Moray Watson and Matilda Ziegler. From May 1998. FRI FRI 10:00 Classic Serial b00g9f9q (Listen) FRI Anthony Trollope - Orley Farm, Episode 2 FRI Martyn Wade's dramatisation of the novel by Anthony FRI Trollope. FRI Romance is in the air for the young folk staying at FRI Noningsby, the country home of Judge and Lady Staveley. Lady FRI Mason accepts Sir Peregrine's invitation to spend Christmas FRI at The Cleeve, and, in the Moulder household, there is FRI business to consider. FRI Anthony Trollope ...... Tim Pigott-Smith FRI Lady Mason ...... Samantha Bond FRI Sir Peregrine ...... Ronald Pickup FRI Peregrine Orme ...... Dan Stevens FRI Mrs Edith Orme ...... Amanda Root FRI Lucius Mason ...... Jonathan Christie FRI Sophia Furnival ...... Lydia Leonard FRI Mr Furnival ...... Robert Maskell FRI Lady Staveley ...... Pamela Miles FRI Madeline Staveley ...... Manjeet Mann FRI Augustus Staveley ...... Robert Lonsdale FRI Felix Graham ...... Gunnar Cauthery FRI Mr Dockwrath ...... Sam Dale FRI Miriam Dockwrath ...... Janice Acquah FRI Joseph Mason ...... Jonathan Tafler FRI Mr Moulder ...... Stephen Critchlow FRI Mrs Moulder ...... Jane Whittenshaw FRI John Kenneby ...... Inam Mirza FRI Mr Kantwise ...... Paul Rider FRI Matthew Round ...... Dan Starkey FRI Directed by Tracey Neale. FRI FRI 11:00 Five Stories by Rose Tremain b00cr1lq (Listen) FRI How It Stacks Up FRI A poignant portrait of John McCreedy's 46th birthday FRI celebration. Read by Dermot Crowley. FRI FRI 11:15 Tommies b04nrwp2 (Listen) FRI 11 November 1914 FRI By Nick Warburton. FRI Series created by Jonathan Ruffle. FRI Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eye-witness FRI accounts, each episode of TOMMIES traces one real day at FRI war, exactly 100 years ago. FRI Through it all, we follow the fortunes of Mickey Bliss and FRI his fellow signallers, from the Lahore Division of the FRI British Indian Army. They are the cogs in an immense FRI machine, one which connects situations across the whole FRI theatre of the war, over four long years. FRI Indira Varma, Lee Ross and Sam Rix star in this story, as FRI Mickey finds himself at Ypres with the exhausted British FRI Expeditionary Force, and no one to defend a vital breach in FRI line, at Nonne Bosschen copse. FRI Producers: David Hunter, Jonquil Panting, Jonathan Ruffle FRI Director: Jonquil Panting. FRI Credits FRI Mickey Bliss: Lee Ross FRI Ahmadullah Khan: Danny Rahim FRI Pavan Jodha: Rudi Dharmalingam FRI Commentator: Indira Varma FRI Edwin Dolland: Sam Rix FRI Arthur Harvey: Mark Edel-Hunt FRI German Officer: Damian Lynch FRI Producer: David Hunter FRI Producer: Jonquil Panting FRI Producer: Jonathan Ruffle FRI Director: Jonquil Panting FRI Writer: Nick Warburton FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k456 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 Play It Cool b05r7w7p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b01709qq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 The Lake b00gs3ks (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman FRI b01nj2x5 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI The surprising truth about Schmied's murder is revealed. FRI Bernard Hepton concludes Friedrich Dürrenmatt's novella. FRI FRI 14:15 On Your Bike b00yfq80 (Listen) FRI The Open Road FRI Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Percy Grainger all drew FRI inspiration in the saddle along Conan Doyle whose detective FRI Sherlock Holmes could identify a suspect by his tyre tread FRI Presenter: Martin Ellis FRI Producer: Simon Evans FRI A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011vhsl (Listen) FRI HH Munro - Beasts on the Lawn: Saki, Mrs Packletide's Tiger FRI Beasts on the Lawn: Saki 2011 FRI Original stories by Saki (H.H Munro) FRI Adapted by Sean Grundy FRI Beasts on the Lawn is a collection of Edwardian short FRI stories by Saki (H.H Munro) recycled and restaged in a FRI modern day gated community for the far too wealthy for their FRI own good. The tales are woven together by the character of FRI Clovis, a security guard. She recalls the events of strange FRI days and long nights. FRI Episode Five: Mrs Packletide's Tiger FRI Mrs Packletide, ghastly wealthy inheritor of the Gippe FRI perfume empire, needs to shoot a tiger in order to silence FRI her long-time rival Loona Bimberton. She wants it to take FRI place on Munro Estate. Clovis is asked to offer her FRI services, but it doesn't quite go to plan. FRI Cast: FRI Clovis...........Pippa Haywood FRI Mrs Packletide........Marcia Warren FRI Louisa Mebbin....Jennifer Lee Jellicorse FRI Director: Alison Crawford. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Alison Crawford FRI FRI 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010nxrw (Listen) FRI The Way Forward FRI Concluding his recollections, Adam Nicolson must convince FRI his workers to back the garden's return to a working FRI landscape. FRI FRI 15:00 Classic Serial b00g9f9q (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 All the Way From Memphis b00jdp93 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 Richard Barton: General Practitioner! b0075887 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 Rent b00752s3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 The Vote Now Show b05qk706 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Philip Levene - Cold Storage b007jxmr (Listen) FRI An accident-prone frozen food manufacturer is locked in a FRI cold store, and his imagination runs wild. Stars Nigel FRI Graham. FRI FRI 18:30 My Life in Five Songs b00yrl8q (Listen) FRI Series 3, Eve Graham FRI Eve Graham enjoyed worldwide success and recognition as lead FRI singer with The New Seekers. FRI Forming a school band at Perth Academy in the 1960's Eve was FRI destined for a career as a singer. FRI Hits with The New Seekers included Never Ending Song of FRI Love, Circles and the international hit I'd Like To Teach FRI the World to Sing. FRI Chatting to Phil Cunningham she picks 5 tracks that are FRI special to her and tells of her adventures in the world of FRI pop including the time the New Seekers appeared on the same FRI bill as Dionne Warwick who refused to meet her backstage. FRI Eve's Five Songs: FRI 1: How High the Moon, by Les Paul and Mary Ford FRI 2: Teddy Bear, by Elvis Presley FRI 3: Walk on By, by Dionne Warwick FRI 4: California Girls, by the Beach Boys FRI 5: The Way Old Friends Do, by Eve along with the Glasgow FRI Phoenix Choir. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k456 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 Play It Cool b05r7w7p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 The Tales of Max Carrados b01709qq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 The Lake b00gs3ks (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Five Stories by Rose Tremain b00cr1lq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Tommies b04nrwp2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 The Vote Now Show b05qk706 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Sarah Millican's Support Group b011j6lq (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 5 FRI Award winning comedian Sarah Millican is back for a second FRI series playing Sarah, modern day agony aunt dishing out real FRI advice for real people. FRI Solving the nations problems with her Support Group, she FRI wants you to live life to the utmost, and she's got tons of FRI ideas of how to help. Together with her team of experts of FRI the heart - man of the people local cabbie Terry, and self FRI qualified counsellor Marion - Sarah tackles the nation's FRI problems head on and has a solution for everything, (which FRI normally encompasses cake, tea and hugs). FRI This week the team tackle two problems - "Sibling Rivalry: FRI The grass is always greener in my brother's massive garden" FRI and "I'm a mother in need of quiet - do drum kits have a FRI mute button?" FRI Sarah Millican Sarah FRI Ruth Bratt Marion FRI Simon Day Terry FRI Isabel Fay Melissa FRI Miles Jupp Michael FRI Annie Aldington Janet. FRI FRI 23:00 The Consultants b007k37y (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 5 FRI Chesney is having a crisis of confidence. Cerebral sketch FRI show with Neil Edmond and Justin Edwards. From January 2005. FRI FRI 23:30 Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter from Salford b0076dvc (Listen) FRI Series 2, Treating an Acute Elegy FRI 4 Extra Debut. Can the poet-at-large bring the healing power FRI of poetry to a medical centre in Salford? Stars James Quinn. FRI From April 2004. FRI FRI 23:45 I, Regress b018xs90 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 1 FRI A dark, David Lynch-ian comedy, ideally suited for an FRI unsettling and surreal late night listen. 'I, Regress' sees FRI Matt Berry (The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, Snuff FRI Box) playing a corrupt and bizarre hypnotherapist taking FRI unsuspecting clients on twisted, misleading journeys through FRI their subconscious. FRI Each episode sees the doctor dealing with a different client FRI who has come to him for a different problem (quitting FRI smoking, fear of water, etc). As the patient is put under FRI hypnosis, we 'enter' their mind, and all the various FRI situations the hypnotherapist takes them through are played FRI out for us to hear. The result is a dream- (or nightmare-) FRI like trip through the patient's mind, as funny as it is FRI disturbing. FRI Episode 1: Karen House-Water (Katherine Parkinson) visits Dr FRI Berry to treat her fear of water, and finds that the cure FRI can sometimes be worse than the disease - via mermaids, the FRI titanic, and talking dolphins. FRI The cast across the series include Katherine Parkinson (IT FRI Crowd), Morgana Robinson (The Morgana Show), Simon Greenall FRI (I'm Alan Partridge), Jack Klaff (Star Wars, For Your Eyes FRI Only), Tara Flynn (The Impressions Show, Stewart Lee's FRI Comedy Vehicle), Alex Lowe (Barry From Watford, The Peter FRI Serafinowicz Show), and Derek Griffiths (Playschool, Bod, FRI and The Royal Exchange). FRI A compelling late night listen: tune in and occupy someone FRI else's head! FRI Credits FRI Dr Berry: Matt Berry FRI Karen House-Water: Katherine Parkinson FRI
18 April, 2015
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 18/04/2015 - 24/04/2015
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